Medicine

This course is a blend of literature, philosophy, anthropology and the history of medicine.

The clinical clerkship in medicine is intended to enable the student to understand the clinical correlation of basic science knowledge and to acquire further medical information and clinical skills necessary for understanding and management of commonly encountered medical problems and diseases of adult patients.

Advanced Clerkship in Medicine is a four-week rotation that will give students an inpatient experience aimed at developing expertise in managing acute illness in the hospital setting.

The student will be provided experience in ambulatory medicine which approximates that of a practicing academic general internist.

The purpose of this elective is to provide fourth-year medical students with a comprehensive introduction to clinical cardiology.

The objective of this rotation is to teach the clinical and laboratory techniques necessary for diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary diseases.

The goal of this program is to familiarize the student with the current diagnosis and management of renal diseases including acute/chronic renal failure, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities and acute/chronic hypertensive problems.

This rotation is designed to afford students the opportunity to acquire necessary skills for the evaluation of patients with renal disease, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities and hypertension.

This rotation is designed to afford the students the opportunity to acquire necessary skills for the evaluation of patients with renal disease, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities and hypertension.

During this rotation students will learn about the diagnosis and management of allergic and immunologic diseases.

The fourth year clinical elective in sleep medicine will allow the student to become familiar with the various sleep problems people encounter.

This rotation will give the student a broad-based exposure to endocrine diseases, focusing on diagnosis, pathophysiology and management.

The goal of this rotation is to expose the student to the fundamentals of arthritis and rheumatic diseases.

This rotation provides a student with an intensive experience in clinical infectious diseases.

Didactic content will include a discussion with Sylvia S. Regalla, MD, regarding relationship-centered care, use of the placebo effect as a therapeutic ally, the role of communication skills and of reassurance when indicated and the healing powers of the body and the mind.

At the Erie County Medical Center site: This is a broad introduction to clinical hematology and oncology. At the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center site: This is a four-week (one module) rotation for fourth-year medical students on the Leukemia service.

At the Erie County Medical Center site: This is a broad introduction to clinical hematology and oncology. At the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center site: This is a four-week (one module) rotation for fourth-year medical students on the Leukemia service.

This course is designed to provide an in-depth experience in gastroenterology and hepatology oriented toward gaining an understanding of the pathophysiology, molecular pathogenesis and clinical management of diseases and an exposure to the current research in the field.

The MICU rotation will provide students with direct experience in caring for critically ill patients in the Medical intensive Care Unit.

This program is an intensive experience directed at learning the natural history, definitive management and supportive care of outpatients with malignant disease at an internationally renowned cancer institute.

Students interested in overseas work in developing countries during their fourth year should begin planning their experience no later than the beginning of the third year.

This rotation is designed to provide the student with a broad-based experience in hospice and palliative medicine.

This elective will offer the students an opportunity to expose themselves to other hospitals, universities and their faculty outside of Buffalo in General Internal Medicine or a subspecialty of Internal Medicine.

This rotation will give the students a broader opportunity to arrange their own preceptorships with any members of the faculty of the Department of Medicine.

Students may, by special arrangement, elect to undertake research experience with any member of the faculty.